COVID-19 Local Resources:
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Guidelines
Resources and Relief Efforts
- Unemployment - Louisiana Workforce Commission
- Financial Assistance
- Tax Information
- For individuals:
- Hospitality Cares Pandemic Response Fund
- Greater New Orleans Foundation Service and Hospitality Family Assistance Program
- New Orleans Business Alliance Gig Workers
- Unemployment
- For businesses:
- Facebook Small Business Grants Program
- Louisiana Economic Development
- Louisiana Loan Portfolio Guaranty Program for Business with less than 100 staff
- Rural Business Development Grants
- Small Business Association Loans (SBA)
- Greater New Orleans Foundation
- Office of Economic Development (form to document impact of COVID-19 on your business)
- United Way COVID-19 Community Economic Relief Fund - 1-866-221-9966
- New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board
- Entergy New Orleans
- AT&T
- Verizon Wireless
- Food distribution:
- Grab & Go Meal Locations
- Jefferson Parish
- Orleans Parish
- Plaquemines Parish
- St. Bernard Parish
- NORD Hot Dinner Locations
- Second Harvest Food Bank
- SNAP
- WIC - 1-888-342-6207
- Mental Health
- Coping with Stress During Infectious Disease Outbreak by SAMHSA
- How to Cope with Sheltering in Place by SAMHSA
- Keeping Calm through COVID-19 24 hour Hotline - 1-866-310-7977
- NAMI 24/7 Crisis Line - 800-950-6264 or text NAMI to 741741
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- 1-800-273-8255
- For deaf / hard of hearing: 1-800-799-4889
- Chat feature
- These counselors are offering free, remote therapy for people stressed out by COVID-19
- Tips for survivors: Coping with Grief After a Disaster or Traumatic Event
- Tips for Survivors of a Disaster or Traumatic Event: What to Expect in Your Personal, Family, Work, and Financial Life
- For kids:
- Caroline Conquers her Corona Fears
- Draw Me Safe: Coloring and Conversation about a Pandemic
- Just for Kids: A Comic Exploring the New Coronavirus by NPR
- Sesame Street Emergency Preparation: English and Spanish
- Talking with Children: Tips for Caregivers, Parents, and Teachers During Infectious Disease Outbreaks by: SAMHSA
- Learning Resources:
- Departments of Defense & Energy
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Library of Congress
- NASA - Space Place & Space Station Explorers
- Smithsonian - 3D Digitization, Digital American Art Museum, Distance Learning, National Zoo, & Science Education Center
- The Kennedy Center - Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems & Tour with the Pigeon
- For individuals with disabilities
- Information by and for people with disabilities
- Preparing for Hospitalization of a Child who is Medically Complex During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Should I cancel my child's nurse or aide?
- Autism and More at Home with Stacy Badon
- Additional information:
- NOLA Ready
- New Orleans Business Alliance
- Families Helping Families
- Greater New Orleans Foundation
- LCMC Health